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Former OpenAI Stargate exec Shamez Hemani joins Anthropic after brief Meta Compute stint
Shamez Hemani has moved to Anthropic’s technical staff following a short tenure at Meta’s compute unit and a background in OpenAI’s Stargate initiative.
What: Hemani, an expert in large-scale data center infrastructure, previously led elements of OpenAI's ambitious 'Stargate' supercomputing project before brief roles at Meta and now his current position at Anthropic.
Why it matters: Top-tier AI labs are aggressively recruiting infrastructure talent to solve the massive physical and energy constraints required to scale the next generation of GPU clusters.
Decoder
- Stargate: A rumored multi-billion dollar supercomputer project involving OpenAI and Microsoft, designed to provide the massive compute required for future frontier AI models.
Original article
Shamez Hemani, a senior OpenAI data center employee who left the company in April to join Meta's dedicated compute team, is now a member of Anthropic's technical staff.
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